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Sixty laptops worth Rs 12 lakh were stolen from the University of Hyderabad’s (UoH) CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (AIMSCS) on Monday, February 9. Following the burglary, the Gachibowli police registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by AIMSCS Registrar CN Varma on Tuesday, February 10.
The theft is alleged to have taken place between 3 am and 4 am on Monday, when the accused broke into the AIMSCS computer lab through a window. Before entering the laboratory, the accused had cut off the CCTV cable and escaped with all 60 laptops.
The CR Rao AIMSCS is an autonomous institute that offers B.Tech (Engineering) degrees in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad.
Following the theft, a case has been registered under Section 331(4) (lurking house trespass or housebreaking by night in order to commit an offence) and Section 305(a) (theft in any building, tent or vessel used as a human dwelling) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
According to the police, the security guard posted at the entrance of the building did not see or hear anything. So far, a CLUES team has collected forensic evidence and further investigation is ongoing.